Key retainer



Sept. 13, 1949. s SEGAL 2,483,787

KEY RETAINER Filed Feb. 14, 1945 INVENTOR SAMUEL SEGAL ATTORNEY PatentedSept. 13, 1949 UNITED STATES FATENT OFFICE RETAINER 7 Samuel Segal,NBWYOflQN-Y.

Applicationlebruary 14, 1 945, sens-1 No. 57 7,883

nals of the key concealing loop of the strap device. Another object ofthe invention resides in the provision of a serviceable swingablesupport .rotatably sustained at one end of thekey con- 'cealing loop andon a transverse pin removably mounted at one end of the watch casing.Other important objects, advantages and features of the invention willappear from'the following detailed description taken with theaccompanying drawings wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the key retainer according to myinvention, partly broken away.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view of Fig. 1, shown partly in section.

Fig. 3 is a perspective :view'of the-connector.

Fig. 4 is an exploded and perspective view of the buckle and thesupporting means .for the 'swingable key.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view illustrating the watch casing sustained ina desired til'table ,position.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary side view of Fig. 5, and

Fig.1? is a fragmentary view of the key concealing loop.

strap members l0 and looped over th'epins "l2 and I3 removablycarried'by corner perforated lugs or bearings l4 extending from thewatch casing of the watch broadly denoted W.

More particularly the strap I 0 is looped over the swingab'le member l6having an eye "or coiled portion vl'l ,movably but .frictionally bindingits pin I? "having its 'emi's 'rotatably'and removably retained inadjacent spaced "bearings 14.

Strap [I] is provided with an elongate'd slot 18 to permit the receptionof the swiveled tongue [9 pivotally sustained-on the fulcrum pin ZBdesirably held in the 'alined bores 2| of the spaced legs 22 of the haspH provided with a notch or keeper "means '23 for the reception of thefree "terminal of the pivoted tongue or *lip l9.

The limbs -22 characterize-agar; 2 1 elos'ely but *movably receiving theoneendof the emergency' 5 Claims. (Cl. 224-4) :key :K includes spacedlugs 225 having al-ined borestzfi rfor receiving the rflflcnum :pin .20:on which the bored zen-larged end 1,2?! of the slip is also pivoted.This enlarged {end 21 into snatch Rzand with tongue rI'9.,1keyfK- andhasp :H all mounted -ton the @fulcrum means :20, ;each mayzbe tiltedrelative to xtheliulcrumzpin iw hichiis 1 suitably anchored in the limbs22-2.

I :qni'ckly mounted ,onthe connector-C. This is-.ac-

icomplished by rfirst spreading apart :the pair rof earsromsocketsmron;one;end of thestrap and [inzserting-flugs 34 therein. .=T-;hereaftertheother lugs 5.35 ofitheconnectorare inserted :into the pair of ears orsockets of the other end of the strap. The strap I0 is of suitableleather, thus'rthe-ears may be desirably-separated, laterally due to the.kenfs 33 whichalso permit the ears or rsockets 132 to, be :movedtowards and away from each anther in aqdirection normal to the ,plane ofthe body :of :the strap. By such action the looped earsj32 :may bereadily attached or disengaged ;f'rom the.-conrreotor. Jif attached theconnector holdsstrapmember 1H] in-close endlto end relatime.

.To amount the :buckle, characterized --by :the hEIJSDTHandzpivotedton'gue 1.9, on the strap I2 0, ithe looped;ears.32 10f oneend of this strap are first removed from T the connector andsubsequently threaded through theihasp. Thereafter the ipivoted tongue-is projected into "the longiitud-ina'lly. arrangedmpening +8 and:thepreviously detached loop -ears'32 are againmounted on the connector.'By such arrangement the strap :may he considered as endless,1 ha v ingbeen :previously loopedpver the. swiveled supporting "member .1 6 amdthe :hasp .I-I. -It follows that-thekeypnbody K and. the swingablemember ."lfi rare concealed-by the new endless strap :to:andrspecificall between the upper reach 3 and the lower reachrdefinedhy the scomplementarypartsior portionsta and it!) embodying the :ends:29 having :the looped --eai-"s 32.

mhe lefi ap ter i ;,,.n '0 '-mem r 4! 1 conceal the swingable key andthe supporting member I6. Moreover should access be desired to the key,strap I I is disengaged from the buckle and the shank of the key may beconveniently projected laterally from between the reaches 31" overportions defining spaced sockets, a connector interposed between saidportions and having projections removably receivable in said sockets, ahasp having a crown portion and including spaced limbs defining a gap,fulcrum means traversing said gap and sustained by said limbs, arelatively elongated body interposed between and normally concealed bysaid reaches and having means swingably sustained on said fulcrum means,a tongue pivoted on said fulcrum means and removably engageable withsaid crown portion, a perforated strap portion, the latter and saidstrap means having means to removably sustain said supporting means, andsaid endless strap and 38 due to the relatively elongated slot I8,

permitting displacement of loops 45 along the pivoted tongue I9. Wherethe key retainer is disconnected from the wrist, the watch may besupported 'in the tiltable relation shown in Figs. 5 and 6. Thus byswinging the lower strap I rearwardly, the support I6 is rotatedrearwardly. By such action the rotatable support constitutes a biasedbrace intervening the lower and upper reaches 31 and 39, and the lattercharacterizes a reinforced seat for the watch casing; 7

Various changes may be made in details of construction and arrangementof parts without departing from the spirit'of the invention orsacrificing any of the advantages thereof, for example, the spacedleather straps I0 and I I may be considered as sustained by the watchcasing or g in other words the latter is a support for these strapswhile the spreadable cars 32 also characterize sockets removablyreceiving the legs or projections 34 and 35 of the connector; the shankor the body of the key also characterize reinforcing means for upper andlower'reaches of strap member III; the brace 50 of'the hasp may becharacterized as a crown portion; and the swingable member I6, that isthat portion except for its coil I I may be considered as tail portionon which the casing I is seatedin a viewable but oblique posi-'interposed between said portions and having projections removablyreceivable in said sockets, a hasp having a crown portion and includingspaced limbs defining a gap, fulcrum means traversing said gap andsustained by said limbs, a body interposed between and removablyconcealed by said reaches and having means swingably sustained on saidfulcrum means, a tongue pivoted on said fulcrum means and removablyengageable with said crown portion, a perforated strap portion, thelatter and said strap means having means to hold said supporting means;and said endless strap means having a portion looped over said limbs andhaving an elongated slot for receiving said tongue.

2. A key retainer adapted to be removably mounted on the wrist of awearer and adapted to be removably sustained by supporting means; saidretainer comprising endless strap means having upper and lower reaches,the lower reach Ii embodying complementary parts having looped meanshaving a portion looped over said limbs and 7 having an elongated slotfor receiving said tongue to permit displacement of said last mentionedlooped over portion relative to said hasp prior to displacement of saidbody from between said reaches.

3. A key retainer. adEtptedJtO. cberemovably mounted on the wrist of a'wearer and adaptedito be removably sustained by supporting means saidretainer comprising endless: strap means having upper and lower reaches,the lower reachembodying complementary parts having looped over portionsdefinin spaced 'socketsya' connector interposed between said portions,and having projections removably receivable in said sockets; a hasphaving a crown portion and including spaced limbs defining a gap, aIpin-traversingsaid gap and sustained by said limbs, abody normallyconcealed by said reaches andfh'avin'g means swingably and removablysustained on said pin, a tongue pivoted on said pin and having aterminalremovably engageable with said crow'n'portion, a perforated strapportion; the latter and said strap means having means toremovablysustain said supporting means and said endless str p meanshaving'a portion looped over said limbs 1 and having an elong ated slotfor receiving said tongue. 1 1

4. A key retainer adapted to be removably mounted on the wrist of awearer and adapted to be removably sustained by,supporting'meansflsaidretainer comprising endless 'strap means having upper and lowerrreachesfthe lower reach embodying complementary parts having looped'over portions defining spaced sockets, asubstantially H shaped connectorinterposed between saidportions and having projections removablyreceivable in said sockets, a hasp having a crownlportion and includingspaced limbs-defining agap, fulcrum means traversing said gap andsustained by said limbs, a body interposed between andhormally concealedby said reaches and having means swingably sustained on said fulcrummeans, a tongue pivoted on said fulcrummeans and removably engageablewith said crown portion, a perforated strap portion, the latter andlsaidstrap means having means tocremovablysustainsaid supporting means, andsaid endless strap means having a portion looped oversaid limbs andhaving an elongated slot for receiving said tongue.

5. A key retainer adapted to be removably mounted on the wrist of awearer andadapted to be removably sustained by SUPPOI'tlIlg means;

said retainer comprising endless flexible strap means having upper andlower-reaches,thelower reach embodying complementary parts haying loopedover portions defining swingable" spaced sockets, said looped overportions havingrkerfsto facilitate spreading of said socketsaconnectorinterposed between said portions and having pro-l jections removablyreceivable in said sockets, a hasp having a crown portion and includingspaced limbs defining a gap, fulcrum means traversing said gap andsustained by said limbs, a body interposed between and normallyconcealed by said reaches and having means swingably sustained on saidfulcrum means, a tongue pivoted on said fulcrum means and removablyengageable with said crown portion, a perforated strap portion forinterlocking with said tongue, said strap portion 10 and said strapmeans having means to removably sustain said supporting means, and saidendless strap means having a portion looped over said limbs and havin anelongated slot for receiving said tongue.

SAMUEL SEGAL.

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